tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310798012009-11-06T09:25:32.624-08:00Mainframe News. Weekly.Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169161306180859923noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-27807219754234413532007-10-15T11:29:00.000-07:002007-10-15T11:48:11.536-07:00Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169161306180859923noreply@blogger.com0Hi Folks, This week I want to point you to The Mainframe Update, a new newsletter that Xephon launched last week at www.mainframeupdate.com. This newsletter is designed to bring you information...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=2dzBA2SskxA:m5VGOgy5BvA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/2dzBA2SskxA" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/10/brief-hiatus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-44771722447257268832007-10-08T00:50:00.000-07:002007-10-08T01:02:06.387-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0In October 1985 the very first CICS Update was put together. Since the summer that year, articles had been coming in to the Xephon office. Created on an Apple II using the Zardax word processing...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=ndQWMrYBSg4:4DGIQpMHTes:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/ndQWMrYBSg4" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-fish.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-27990512581613333812007-09-30T07:38:00.000-07:002007-09-30T07:40:05.261-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com1The Titans, in Greek mythology, were originally twelve powerful gods. They were later overthrown by Zeus and the Olympian gods. I'm not talking about them. Nor am I talking about the fictional...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=qh0YEUeNSBM:7yTKjiMXugA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/qh0YEUeNSBM" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/09/compliance-data-storage-and-titans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-51187503670252571872007-09-24T00:45:00.000-07:002007-09-24T00:54:12.677-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0How Green Was My Valley is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn and a 1941 film directed by John Ford. It was written and filmed in the days when green was just a colour and not an aspirational life...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=-FkGu8VOxC4:zGilAReVeuk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/-FkGu8VOxC4" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-green-was-my-valley-and-how-green.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-15477470203753405862007-09-17T01:40:00.000-07:002007-09-17T01:45:02.237-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com2It had to happen – I was bound to be sent a DOCX file. This is the new file type associated with Microsoft Office 2007. It’s all to do with the Office Open XML format Microsoft is keen on, and, of...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=8pjsCF691bU:HhBCOt6GUm0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/8pjsCF691bU" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/09/office-of-future.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-37294475421748552022007-09-10T00:45:00.000-07:002007-09-10T00:54:34.681-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was blogging about social networks on the Internet and how I thought that Facebook was being colonized by older people not just students and other youngsters....<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=FulvaktgdLY:kHciwgIXKoo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/FulvaktgdLY" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/09/facebook-cocaine-for-internet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-76320889569947494262007-09-03T01:52:00.000-07:002007-09-03T02:02:38.617-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0I can still remember those distant days of the 1990s when everyone you spoke to “knew” that mainframes were doomed to extinction, and dates were confidently predicted when the last one would be...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=0svY6AnF1UQ:yomatuFH6B0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/0svY6AnF1UQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/09/dinosaur-lives-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-66372513798447880812007-08-27T04:50:00.000-07:002007-08-27T05:06:01.935-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0I am just back from China and suffering from the usual affects of jet lag – so just a short blog (you’ll be pleased to hear). I thought I’d pass on lots of Chinese wisdom, but you’ve probably heard...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=2JAF_aUNqTU:eo9J_FEyiE4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/2JAF_aUNqTU" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/08/where-am-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-55987276403276743282007-08-10T06:15:00.000-07:002007-09-17T01:40:11.522-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0Someone was telling me that some top IT people who write blogs regularly and have a presence on Facebook and Myspace, etc are now so busy with these Web-based interactions that they don’t have time...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=lSy7Hed97DU:RAnAiM6qhW4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/lSy7Hed97DU" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/08/social-networking.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-17679570101723851762007-08-06T00:23:00.000-07:002007-08-06T00:38:33.133-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0Last week I was talking about AIX 6, which IBM is making available as an open beta – which means anyone can test it out so long as they report their findings to IBM. This week I want to talk about...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=zHByaXoqbFE:uujJ7OuBmq8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/zHByaXoqbFE" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/08/viper-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-24460253040860293952007-07-30T00:41:00.000-07:002007-07-30T00:43:12.781-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0IBM has announced that it is making available an open beta of AIX Version 6.1 – an upgrade to the currently available version of AIX. Now, the questions that immediately spring to mind are: is this a...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=oNDaFfHxV-w:5VBwUeov09s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/oNDaFfHxV-w" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/07/good-news-for-aix-users.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-6628382428999000282007-07-23T01:52:00.000-07:002007-07-23T01:55:14.147-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0Without wishing to get all mushy about it, this is my blog’s birthday! It’s one-year old today. This is blog 52 and blog 1 was published on the 19th July 2006. I’ve tried to comment on...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=Fp_nd2cWZMs:iKwxJNlPdFY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/Fp_nd2cWZMs" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/07/year-in-blogs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-43936997813417917062007-07-16T00:50:00.000-07:002007-07-16T00:55:07.331-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com2Today (Monday 16 July 2007) is my youngest daughter’s 21st birthday – so happy birthday to Jennifer. I started to think how things were different 21 years ago from how they are today – and hence I...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=DPKjSmjVdNw:Xdi8ShYK3gE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/DPKjSmjVdNw" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/07/times-they-are-changin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-87897821360813829082007-07-09T00:39:00.000-07:002007-07-09T00:47:02.244-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com2You’re an IBM mainframe user, where can you go for help with your mainframe problems? (If you were thinking of more personal problems, you’re reading the wrong blog!!) Well, my obvious answer would...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=Q6xhlFXAur0:J9_ghP04fEU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/Q6xhlFXAur0" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/07/where-can-you-go-for-help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-33231788858875061662007-07-02T02:15:00.000-07:002007-07-02T02:17:47.018-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0A while ago I mentioned in this blog about IBM’s ECLipz project – their unannounced and mainly rumoured plan to create a single chip for System i, System p, and System z (hence the last three letters...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=C-Qo--vYXG8:TR9xSkRBhoM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/C-Qo--vYXG8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/07/lets-hear-it-for-power6.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-41118969380978434822007-06-27T08:39:00.000-07:002007-06-27T09:18:43.965-07:00Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17169161306180859923noreply@blogger.com0Today, our friends at z/Journal launched a Mainframe Job board dedicated to helping mainframe professionals locate new career opportunities quickly and effectively. Additionally, if you have jobs...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=I5AkiTM2oX8:hbYiLlUKoWM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/I5AkiTM2oX8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/06/mainframe-job-seekers-rejoice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-73192710039668590672007-06-25T00:56:00.000-07:002007-06-25T00:57:44.270-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0It looks like IBM has a plan. A number of recent events seem to indicate that IBM has decided how it wants things to look this time next year, and has started to set about making it happen. What am I...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=q620bl6syOM:xRtgdQTugsU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/q620bl6syOM" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/06/ibm-acquisitive-and-dynamic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-54453537467366730882007-06-18T00:25:00.000-07:002007-06-18T00:29:37.194-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0IBM’s SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) conference, IMPACT 2007, attracted nearly 4,000 attendees to Orlando, Florida. IBM used the occasion to make some software and services announcements. IBM...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=6bBZaaWis4U:wf6aY3BDhSw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/6bBZaaWis4U" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/06/soa-still-making-impact.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-43448140248355987802007-06-11T02:12:00.000-07:002007-06-11T03:26:54.235-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0Let’s start with a caveat: I’m calling this a beginner’s guide not a complete guide – so, if you know of a product that I haven’t mentioned, sorry, I just ran out of space. Now the thing is, on a...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=Tv3IEiR1zTA:h4ciVZNDxR8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/Tv3IEiR1zTA" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/06/virtualization-beginners-guide-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-82619179771845506762007-06-04T01:04:00.000-07:002007-06-04T01:37:53.820-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com1The April/May 2007 issue of z/Journal (http://zjournal.tcipubs.com/issues/zJ.Apr-May07.pdf) has an interesting article by Philip H Smith III entitled, “The state of IBM mainframe emulation”....<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=iwPFtwathek:aRaYqo4GmEA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/iwPFtwathek" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/06/when-is-mainframe-not-mainframe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-52729174254351944852007-05-28T02:19:00.000-07:002007-05-28T02:22:37.036-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0OK, I’ve stolen the title from Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film – or from the title of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. And this blog has nothing to do with racism, but it is to do with colours – the colours...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=umkQvvaP8Bs:e0bSAnYWo_Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/umkQvvaP8Bs" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/05/color-purple.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-11490935307328670852007-05-21T00:44:00.000-07:002007-05-21T01:23:07.549-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com2Let’s make it clear, this isn’t a personal rant – although I am finding the lack of Vista drivers for devices that happily attached to my XP laptop a bit frustrating – it’s a look at recent news...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=-2oi1aZGsQg:HXJyve2tDzs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/-2oi1aZGsQg" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/05/we-hate-microsoft-or-is-it-microsoft.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-82743191456628915082007-05-14T01:13:00.000-07:002007-05-14T01:16:09.000-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0I must have been messing around at the back of the class recently, because I have only just heard of aglets – a portmanteau word created from agent and applet – that run with distributed DB2...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=zZ6djXAWP7M:SH3EsMCQcl0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/zZ6djXAWP7M" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/05/aglets-new-way-for-mobile-computing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-50725553166158502322007-05-07T02:44:00.000-07:002007-05-07T02:47:12.334-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0You might very well think this is a strange title for a blog – after all, they seem like two completely different things. It’s like saying apples versus mountain bikes! However, think about it a...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=ykzBd6JFQV8:DtqyQcj8jRc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/ykzBd6JFQV8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/05/on-demand-versus-virtualization.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31079801.post-20552218484844450152007-04-30T03:45:00.000-07:002007-04-30T04:06:30.076-07:00Trevor Eddollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04547567673817096551noreply@blogger.com0I mentioned in last week’s blog that I’d been to Mainz in Germany with IBM. The focus of the meeting was on SMB customers rather than mainframe users, although I would guess plenty of mainframe sites...<br/> <br/> please visit http://www.mainframeweekly.com for more information.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?a=pgr6I8P2gEY:FclvNqQMIJo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainframeWeekly?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainframeWeekly/~4/pgr6I8P2gEY" height="1" width="1"/>http://mainframeweekly.blogspot.com/2007/04/sign-of-zodiac.html